Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Transparency Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5633.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5633, Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Transparency Act” on February 9, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on January 21, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 9, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57833

  CBO publication date

  February 9, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5633, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5633

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  822ab4a44443da5a4d463cb59c92074657286a24041bd0ff810714a0c0d83c1d

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-233 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on January 21, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 21, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/233

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5633, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5633

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  822ab4a44443da5a4d463cb59c92074657286a24041bd0ff810714a0c0d83c1d

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 183, October 19, 2021, Page H5674):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 19, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5633, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5633

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  822ab4a44443da5a4d463cb59c92074657286a24041bd0ff810714a0c0d83c1d

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5633, last updated May 28, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.